The pistol functions via the blowback principle - gas pressure from burning powder simultaneously forces the cartridge case and slide backward and forces the bullet forward in the barrel. Small fixed sights are located on top of the slide. The pistol is fed from an 8-round single-stack magazine, located within the bakelite paneled grip.
It combined elements from both the Walther PP and PPK. 32 ACP and designed by two brothers Jan and Jaroslav Kratochvíl. Vz is an abbreviation of the Czech (as well as Slovak) term 'vzor' meaning model.Īfter the Second World War, Czechoslovakia's Ministry of the Interior requested a new pistol design from Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod. 50 (also known as the CZ 50) is a Czechoslovakian made double-action, semi-automatic pistol.
